Personal information | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | 28 February 2003 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 400 metres |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 400m: 45.82 (Clovis, 2023) |
Medal record |
Brodie Young (born 28 February 2003) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. [1]
Young is from Chryston, in Scotland. In 2022, he started the first year of a four-year scholarship at the University of New Mexico. [2]
A member of the Airdrie Harriers, Young won back-to-back Scottish Senior Championship gold medals in the 400 metres in 2021 and 2022. [3] He was a member of the gold medal winning 4x400m team at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn in 2021. [4] He represented Great Britain at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, in August 2022. [3]
He ran a personal best time of 45.82 time for the 400 metres in Clovis, California in 2023. [2] He was selected for the British team for the European Team Games in Silesia in June 2023. [5] He was a member of the bronze medal winning 4x400m team at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo in 2023, and ran in the 400 metres individual race. [6]
In April 2024, he was selected as part of the British team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. [7] He ran at the championships as the British mixed 4x400m team qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [8]
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